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i was thinking hillary clinton. when al franken -- have you heard from al franken? >> i had breakfast with him about four months ago. he lost a bet like 12 years ago. so he finally paid it off. he was a joy to be with and he's very serious about making sure that he's being taken seriously. so he does not want to be the guy with the cone on his head. >> bill: al is a friend. al has been on our show several times when he was running. we had al on the show. since that time and he knows this and we know it. he has not been willing to appear or do any national interviews. keep your head down. that's kind of what you do in the senate to at least get to know your colleagues and get some -- >> unlike the house people forget this. they know this part because 100 members of the senate, 435 voting members of the house. but every bill has to be identical that goes to the president. that means 100 people in the senate have to do exactly the same amount of work as 435 members of the house. there is a lot more to do. somebody like ted cruz runs the risk of being shut out by his co
i was thinking hillary clinton. when al franken -- have you heard from al franken? >> i had breakfast with him about four months ago. he lost a bet like 12 years ago. so he finally paid it off. he was a joy to be with and he's very serious about making sure that he's being taken seriously. so he does not want to be the guy with the cone on his head. >> bill: al is a friend. al has been on our show several times when he was running. we had al on the show. since that time and he knows...
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he was the head of the hillary clinton task force. cindy borin, one of our favorites coming in studio, the sports blogger fore"the washington post" to talk about the oscar pistorius trial. we're also going to talk to one of the leaders of this firm called mandiant. lynn sweet was covering the jesse jackson jr. trial here in chicago. she became part of the story yesterday. her picture's in "the new york times" this morning. she'll be joining us as well. but first -- >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> on this thursday, other headlines making news, a big revelation from a former republican senator. pete domenici of new mexico who represented for 36 years until 2008 told the albuquerque journal that he fathered a son out of wedlock with the daughter of a former senator. >> bill: is my mic on? it is domenici. i'm sorry. let's please correct it. >> he told the albuquerque journal that he fathered a son out of wedlock with the daughter of a former senator. he kept that a secret for 30 years. the son is now an attorney in nevada
he was the head of the hillary clinton task force. cindy borin, one of our favorites coming in studio, the sports blogger fore"the washington post" to talk about the oscar pistorius trial. we're also going to talk to one of the leaders of this firm called mandiant. lynn sweet was covering the jesse jackson jr. trial here in chicago. she became part of the story yesterday. her picture's in "the new york times" this morning. she'll be joining us as well. but first -- >>...
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clinton if she wants to run will be the next president of the united states. the question is will she run? and she's attracting a new generation of people particularly women who are so excited about the prospects of having a woman president. we believe that she is the one. so as i said her before on the show, hilary if you are watching, run. >> michael: a lot of people were saying it. i think the excitement over the first woman president would be obviously multiplyied. but let's say she doesn't run, who would be the standard barer to that? >> you have to go out there and make your mark. and on that point i brought you a little something -- >> michael: is this older -- >> this is maker's mark classic. >> michael: okay. >> when i bout it at a liquor store this afternoon, the owner new the whole story, be it's not only a lesson for mitch mcconnell but for all people running, you have to know your brand. they had a perfectly good brand, their viewers were up in arms -- i say viewers -- their drinkers, but they were watching the ads and they backed up. and this unl
clinton if she wants to run will be the next president of the united states. the question is will she run? and she's attracting a new generation of people particularly women who are so excited about the prospects of having a woman president. we believe that she is the one. so as i said her before on the show, hilary if you are watching, run. >> michael: a lot of people were saying it. i think the excitement over the first woman president would be obviously multiplyied. but let's say she...
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. >> john: is it more polarized now than it was under president clinton? i will say that president bush after 9-11 sort of had cart blanch he controlled the house and the senate and the democrats were much more given to supporting his agenda following that crisis and attack on our nation. so is it really that unprecedented or does seem like over the last three administrations, it is okay as long as you give us, the republicans, what we want? >> it's not totally unprecedented. what's pretty clear is this particular congress, particularly coming after the last round of redistricting and with the rise of the tea party and the conservative branch of the republican party this is conservative with republicans pretty far to the right. democrats who frankly in many cases, particularly in the house are pretty far to the left. >> john: well, rick, it is true. it is nice to remember we do have democrats who are liberal in the house. is this another taste of the republican party doubling down on obstructionism? the policy that does not work for them in 2012? >> i don'
. >> john: is it more polarized now than it was under president clinton? i will say that president bush after 9-11 sort of had cart blanch he controlled the house and the senate and the democrats were much more given to supporting his agenda following that crisis and attack on our nation. so is it really that unprecedented or does seem like over the last three administrations, it is okay as long as you give us, the republicans, what we want? >> it's not totally unprecedented. what's...
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bill clinton at the globes introducing lincoln. exactly. >> everybody said before it came out that zero dark 30 was run away but the om one that could beat "lincoln" i feel the wind has gone out of the sails of "zero dark thirty" and "lincoln". >> yeah. when i was at tore onto the toronto film festival happens right after teluride. and they form the beginning of the cam paper system and at that point, "argo" was one being touted because that had premiered at and nobody had seen "zero dark 30" or "lincoln." then "lincoln" pops you want up. classic best picture, all of the bones of a best picture in terms of subject matter executive, and "zero" i would maintain the same in terms of just the quality. then you see the campaperingly kick in and here, "argo" is the front runner. somebody yesterday compared it to romney during primary where romney was the presumed frontrunner but then you had your santorums and bachmanns, you know, your little bursts. >> yeah. >> of other guys. at the end of the day, it could be the first guy, you know, t
bill clinton at the globes introducing lincoln. exactly. >> everybody said before it came out that zero dark 30 was run away but the om one that could beat "lincoln" i feel the wind has gone out of the sails of "zero dark thirty" and "lincoln". >> yeah. when i was at tore onto the toronto film festival happens right after teluride. and they form the beginning of the cam paper system and at that point, "argo" was one being touted because that...
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. >> in a recent closed door speech, donor's politicians and media, bill clinton spoke about american gun owners. quote, a lot of these people, all they've got is their hunting and their fishing listening to this stuff for so long, all they've got. and to a room of san francisco elites it's not surprising they get bitter, they cling it guns and religion, under quote. the arrogance of their superiority requires this reminder. they don't rule us. they don't give us . we grant them power. they don't make us safe. we pay to protect them. and they don't make us free, we're free already. and as long as we have the second amendment, we always will be. we are america and our politicians are only as powerful as we, the people, allow them to be. >> now, let's say you're against americans owning guns, i think you can't help, but be moved by this ad. more importantly, when you hear the president's soaring media and propaganda, day in and day out. at some point you can lose sight who wants this country and never forget the notion that the power of america comes from you, we the people. not from bu
. >> in a recent closed door speech, donor's politicians and media, bill clinton spoke about american gun owners. quote, a lot of these people, all they've got is their hunting and their fishing listening to this stuff for so long, all they've got. and to a room of san francisco elites it's not surprising they get bitter, they cling it guns and religion, under quote. the arrogance of their superiority requires this reminder. they don't rule us. they don't give us . we grant them power....
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. >> and political insiders on the california politician who channels both president clinton and an iconic hollywood cowboy. >> and how this year's america's cup race has become a sea of uncertainty for san francisco. >> and the weather forecast for today will be a beautiful sunshine. plenty of sunshine around and more details ahead after the break. ,,,, ,,,,,,,, america's cup races: this w, we learned mayor ed lee is considering scaling the event amid concerns that the city hasn't been able to rae enough money to host it. and k-p-i-x 5's mike sugerman explains why some of the moy needed... might have to come from you. track 1 could money troubles . >>> economic trouble set in. one by one boats dropped out of the race, leading only three competitors. >> now it is a smaller race with only three boats. that means less money for the city. >> san francisco needs to put in about $30 million. it raised $14 million so far from private donors but is having trouble getting more. mayor ed lee is the may not point man. >> i thought you and i would get on the boat and then look for if million dollars.
. >> and political insiders on the california politician who channels both president clinton and an iconic hollywood cowboy. >> and how this year's america's cup race has become a sea of uncertainty for san francisco. >> and the weather forecast for today will be a beautiful sunshine. plenty of sunshine around and more details ahead after the break. ,,,, ,,,,,,,, america's cup races: this w, we learned mayor ed lee is considering scaling the event amid concerns that the city...
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so if you look at the electorate when bill clinton got elected versus when ronald reagan got elected, the electorate has been changing for a very long time but the right didn't notice because they have been able to use these tricks to gin up their base and maximize their vote and they have always used the far right to do it. they get them excited over cultural issues -- >> what went wrong this time? for every african-american vote or latino vote you were going to lose a more conservative white person from say the southwest, but that doesn't exactly happen. the white vote sort of been up a bit for obama and then the african-american and the other minority votes zoomed. >> and part of the problem is number one they have lost the cities. they're losing including the urban white vote, losing more educated white voters among with minority vote% and losing young voters. part of the problem is them. the messaging they use to gin up their base turns off obviously younger people, it turns off women, turns off minorities and this time they really got minute norths excited about voting. there wa
so if you look at the electorate when bill clinton got elected versus when ronald reagan got elected, the electorate has been changing for a very long time but the right didn't notice because they have been able to use these tricks to gin up their base and maximize their vote and they have always used the far right to do it. they get them excited over cultural issues -- >> what went wrong this time? for every african-american vote or latino vote you were going to lose a more conservative...
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we have hillary clinton, you know? [laughter] she ran for president. and she is secretary of state, and we see her on the news every day. and then we have, um, you know, sarah palin was all over the place, michele bachmann, you know, these are big names. we had nancy pelosi -- we have nancy pelosi running the house. we had record gains in the senate this year. everybody's talking about how this is such an incredible, exciting election because now we have 20 senators, the most we have ever had. we have an entire state that has an all-female delegation which is new hampshire. so women are everywhere. women are everywhere in politics. and i really do think that that is what most people think. and, of course, everybody in this room knows that that is not even the slightest bit true. and, in fact, women hold 18% of the seats in congress. in the state legislatures, we've been stuck at 23% or around 23% forever. there's no movement. we used to have nine governors, we have five governors now who are women. [laughter] we have five governors who are women. and a
we have hillary clinton, you know? [laughter] she ran for president. and she is secretary of state, and we see her on the news every day. and then we have, um, you know, sarah palin was all over the place, michele bachmann, you know, these are big names. we had nancy pelosi -- we have nancy pelosi running the house. we had record gains in the senate this year. everybody's talking about how this is such an incredible, exciting election because now we have 20 senators, the most we have ever had....
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peterson foundation, the clinton global initiative university and net impact challenges students to engage the peers on how fiscal issues can impact the future. >> we think of it that it's not our problem. some of our online interviews, they said it's our problem. we're the ones that are growing into this debt and it's going to fall squarely on our shoulders 20 years down the road. so, the main issue is that students don't see it that way. >> on top of having full class leads, jobs, and personal lives, students are participating to raise awareness of america's debt. >> trying to get more people to know about our campaign and the federal debt. we're also going to hold two more events. one is a quiz bowl like a jeopardy event and the other one is a debate between college republicans and college democrats who are hoping to draw a lot of people to see how this problem is exacerbated in congress. >> reporter: in its pilot year, students are organizing speaking events like this one and using social media. they'll be judged on how many of their peers they get to participate in the campaign, what
peterson foundation, the clinton global initiative university and net impact challenges students to engage the peers on how fiscal issues can impact the future. >> we think of it that it's not our problem. some of our online interviews, they said it's our problem. we're the ones that are growing into this debt and it's going to fall squarely on our shoulders 20 years down the road. so, the main issue is that students don't see it that way. >> on top of having full class leads, jobs,...
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i do believe everybody in america has access to affordable hillary clinton. i agree with what the president said in 2009. doesn't make sense to put more people without expanding it, reforming it. >> governor? >> national health care is based on our own experiment in massachusetts. it's been wildly successful. over 90% of our residents have access to medicare, 99.3% of children, i think it is, of children. i don't think any other state in america can touch that. there are more businesses offering insurance to their employees today than before health care reform went into effect. it has not broken our budget and it's very, very popular. we have found a tremendous amount of flexibility with this administration and actually with the bush administration before them in implementing this. i understand that there are philosophical reasons for not supporting this president's solution. but rather than having the usual choices, which was between a perfect solution and no solution, we tried something in this country. i congratulate the president. >> gun control, looks li
i do believe everybody in america has access to affordable hillary clinton. i agree with what the president said in 2009. doesn't make sense to put more people without expanding it, reforming it. >> governor? >> national health care is based on our own experiment in massachusetts. it's been wildly successful. over 90% of our residents have access to medicare, 99.3% of children, i think it is, of children. i don't think any other state in america can touch that. there are more...
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bill clinton was needed by barack obama, and clinton loves to be needed. and i think that carries forward. i don't think that dynamic will change now. that for both of them to establish what they want in history, they need each other. but it's also true. and the reason bill clinton reacted so strongly to that -- that comment about ronald reagan is because bill clinton understood some of the truth of that. he always realized that he was sort of a transitional presidency, that he didn't -- and he regretted that he didn't have the opportunity, he felt, to be a great president because no crisis arose that allowed him that shot. and for that reason, for the fact that barack obama truly is the first black president, whereas bill clinton was sort of symbolically and loved the better part of his nature was his idealism about race. for those reasons, it created some problems between them. but in politics, both of these men realized there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, and thigh need each other right now. >> speaking of that right now, did clinto
bill clinton was needed by barack obama, and clinton loves to be needed. and i think that carries forward. i don't think that dynamic will change now. that for both of them to establish what they want in history, they need each other. but it's also true. and the reason bill clinton reacted so strongly to that -- that comment about ronald reagan is because bill clinton understood some of the truth of that. he always realized that he was sort of a transitional presidency, that he didn't -- and he...
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we cut spending under clinton and reagan and we did it after world war ii. we did it under calvin coolidge. in every case it was pro growth and private prosperity. let's get the job done asap. our cnbc contributors have some thoughts of their own. i want to talk about mr. costa, i want to go to mr. costa first. i want to hear about this big sequester news the president on the phone with john boehner and mitch mcconnell. i didn't even know he had their numbers. what's going on here. >> the relations between capitol hill republicans and president have been quite icy for the past few months but the president called mitch mcconnell and john boehner but according to my inside sources those calls were unproductive. impasse about the sequester continues. >> no deal? >> no deal happening. republicans don't say to the president we're not going to raise taxes regardless of the kind of political pressure you put on us and the scare tactics you have about the potential job losses. >> will we see last minute negotiating? >> i think so. it will go right up to that march 1
we cut spending under clinton and reagan and we did it after world war ii. we did it under calvin coolidge. in every case it was pro growth and private prosperity. let's get the job done asap. our cnbc contributors have some thoughts of their own. i want to talk about mr. costa, i want to go to mr. costa first. i want to hear about this big sequester news the president on the phone with john boehner and mitch mcconnell. i didn't even know he had their numbers. what's going on here. >> the...
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>> secretary clinton. >> hillary clinton is no longer secretary. >> yes, former secretary. >> oh, i see. >> yes, she said the u.s. will oppose any unilateral actions seeking to undermine japan's administration over diaoyu islands. and i just want to know, is that the firm position that the president will address? >> i haven't seen those comments. i would simply say that the president's meeting with the prime minister in just a little while here, and there will be a pool spray, and i think they both will have statements. so i don't want to get ahead of that. >> and also, on north korea. russia and china today -- they say they oppose any military intervention in north korea. what's the position of the white house? >> again, i would urge you to hear what the president has to say today. i think we got to go, because -- >> can i do just one quickly? >> yes, one more, kristen. >> can you comment on or confirm the reports that the united states is preparing to establish a drone base in northwest africa? >> i think those reports are fairly old, but i have no comment on that. thanks. >> week ahe
>> secretary clinton. >> hillary clinton is no longer secretary. >> yes, former secretary. >> oh, i see. >> yes, she said the u.s. will oppose any unilateral actions seeking to undermine japan's administration over diaoyu islands. and i just want to know, is that the firm position that the president will address? >> i haven't seen those comments. i would simply say that the president's meeting with the prime minister in just a little while here, and there...
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hillary clinton makes it easier i think for republicans for this reason. it makes it harder for unserious candidates to emerge. >> just among new jersey voters that poll. >> you hear the voices of jindal, christie, mack donnell, jeb bush as opposed to voices of santorum, palin, others. i don't mean to leave anybody, paul ryan, marco rubio as well. bobby sounds like he's running. i serve with him in congress, like him, respect him, don't agree with him on certain things. his voice is a serious one to consider as opposed to voices on the fringes. >> what do you see, pegj? >> i see an opening down the road that does the opposite of what washington does now. washington is a suffering marathon. which suffering do you want the most, cuts, tax increases, faa flight controllers leave, all about suffering. someone coming forward and saying, no, actually, it's all about growth. we can get dynamism, not only through what harold mentioned. this energy revolution we're on the brink of and not grasping and making real could help turn the entire economy around. it's so a
hillary clinton makes it easier i think for republicans for this reason. it makes it harder for unserious candidates to emerge. >> just among new jersey voters that poll. >> you hear the voices of jindal, christie, mack donnell, jeb bush as opposed to voices of santorum, palin, others. i don't mean to leave anybody, paul ryan, marco rubio as well. bobby sounds like he's running. i serve with him in congress, like him, respect him, don't agree with him on certain things. his voice is...
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. >> you guys had the luxury near primary were you had these clinton donors who have never given money. and suddenly they could max out to you for the first time. >> the biggest difference is they had someone who is not going to take further financing versus mccain who was a setback if you need the ability to write unlimited money. >> which are primary site -- there is nobody who had a fundraising list. is that fair to say, not? >> there were some. >> so our theories are in the spirit that i know these guys made the decision to spend money early. that's the power of the comments. so during the period where we face this challenge, we did a few things and so we used the money we are raising and big chunks and high bar indeed be independent expenditure, which that probably occurred to me that timetable up. the other thing going on were super pacs and at that moment would be a lot of super pac activity. but we needed the super pacs and also during the period, the governor signed off on a $20 million love that allowed us to use primary money to pay back the general money. and so we saw what
. >> you guys had the luxury near primary were you had these clinton donors who have never given money. and suddenly they could max out to you for the first time. >> the biggest difference is they had someone who is not going to take further financing versus mccain who was a setback if you need the ability to write unlimited money. >> which are primary site -- there is nobody who had a fundraising list. is that fair to say, not? >> there were some. >> so our...
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so did hillary clinton's ad come true? when it comes to benghazi, congressman gohmert says so and he joins us live from dallas this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> steve: there was no 3:00 a.m. phone call. the president did, however, have a phone call at 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon. >> he got a briefing at 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon about what was going on and then as secretary panetta said, there was no other contact, not with the president, now dennis mcdonough said, oh, he was briefed all during the night. well, how was he briefed? it was made very clear in testimony there were no phone calls either way. we had people out there dying and people that he committed there, that he sent there and there were no phone calls either way. it's absolutely incredible. steve, how many times have you told people, look, i'm going to stay up. you call me when you get there because i want to make sure you're all right? nothing like that! it's just incredible. maybe they were using theist ridge pillow. i don
so did hillary clinton's ad come true? when it comes to benghazi, congressman gohmert says so and he joins us live from dallas this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> steve: there was no 3:00 a.m. phone call. the president did, however, have a phone call at 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon. >> he got a briefing at 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon about what was going on and then as secretary panetta said, there was no other contact, not with the president, now...
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domenici voted for the impeachment of president clinton in 1998 after his affair with monica lewinsky, but his floor statement focused on the fact that mr. clinton had lied under oath, noting that the trial has never been about the president's private sex acts as tawdry as they have been. but in the same speech, he cited the value of truthfulness and how it is the first pillar ." good character er yuriko esther domenici and his wife have been married for when it 50 years and had eight children. paul laxalt is 90 years old and had no comment. the front page of "the washington times" this morning. "gop is resisting obama rusher on tax increase." host: that is the front-page lead,, and at the end of the story is this. "the senate next week will consider competing democratic and republican proposals to stop the automatic cuts. the democratic plan would institute a 30% minimum tax rate on incomes over $1 million, cut farm subsidies and institute military cuts delayed until most us troops have returned from afghanistan. neither plan is expected to win the 60 votes needed to overcome a filib
domenici voted for the impeachment of president clinton in 1998 after his affair with monica lewinsky, but his floor statement focused on the fact that mr. clinton had lied under oath, noting that the trial has never been about the president's private sex acts as tawdry as they have been. but in the same speech, he cited the value of truthfulness and how it is the first pillar ." good character er yuriko esther domenici and his wife have been married for when it 50 years and had eight...
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where clinton? guest: -- larry clinton? guest: it is hard to say specifically, because i do not know what bair while you're using. i would suggest that you go to the cert web site and take a look at best practices. but only the need to have an anti virus protection, but you need to upgrade those on a regularized basis. you should not be downloading things that you do not know the source of. there are a whole range of things. the core point that is making is valid. it is we have not done a good enough job with the education of our populace with respect to cyber security. this revolution has come upon us so quickly. it is so easy and so useful and cost-effective -- on-line banking, for example -- we have all embraced it, and we should embrace it, because it is terrific, but we have not caught up with the security of the system. the education process has not moved far enough. the federal government does have a program that is geared around education. we need to be getting this built into the schools. we need to be building it
where clinton? guest: -- larry clinton? guest: it is hard to say specifically, because i do not know what bair while you're using. i would suggest that you go to the cert web site and take a look at best practices. but only the need to have an anti virus protection, but you need to upgrade those on a regularized basis. you should not be downloading things that you do not know the source of. there are a whole range of things. the core point that is making is valid. it is we have not done a good...
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fun part of the research for me is a couple years ago, um, i got a letter from now former president clinton writing about one of the books was someone had -- because someone had sent him one of the books, and then i got one of the craziest, best fan letters from former president george h.w. bush x. he read one of my normals, and he asked -- novels, and he asked if i would sign a copy for him. i'm like, you're the leader of the free world, you get a free book. you're the president. very nice. has me out to houston, i spend some time with the bushes, and barbara and george are like the sweetest, nicest people. they spent the first half hour that we were with them president bush tried to convince my wife that he invented the phase you the man, right? that's a good joke. and my wife's like, do you know he invented the phrase you the man? i'm like, he did not. although he might have, i don't know, he's the president. but the nice part was as i was researching this book, i got to ask president bush questions about the white house and his time there. and, listen, i write fiction. i can make up any
fun part of the research for me is a couple years ago, um, i got a letter from now former president clinton writing about one of the books was someone had -- because someone had sent him one of the books, and then i got one of the craziest, best fan letters from former president george h.w. bush x. he read one of my normals, and he asked -- novels, and he asked if i would sign a copy for him. i'm like, you're the leader of the free world, you get a free book. you're the president. very nice....
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the clinton convention was an extraordinarily big moment. and so i think you can decouple those things. and get that kind of technical nominating thing back to the end of the primaries so it lets that process start. i kind of like the timing in terms of that -- the big moment for -- yeah. when you talk about what's the rhythm of a presidential campaign, you got the vice-presidential nomination. you got the conventions. and you got the debates. and i think to kind of have that big moment in the fall, when people pay attention, makes a lot more sense than to do it in june when people just aren't ready for that. >> i think there's an awkward part in the campaign between the primary ending and the convention. and i think -- i think it's almost -- unless the federal funding thing changes, it's inevitable that they'll go early. because -- and i think that's a good thing. i hear -- >> you want to shrink that process. >> i want to shrink the awkward period between the primary ending and the nomination starting. and i think kicking it off in the begi
the clinton convention was an extraordinarily big moment. and so i think you can decouple those things. and get that kind of technical nominating thing back to the end of the primaries so it lets that process start. i kind of like the timing in terms of that -- the big moment for -- yeah. when you talk about what's the rhythm of a presidential campaign, you got the vice-presidential nomination. you got the conventions. and you got the debates. and i think to kind of have that big moment in the...
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a guy, by the way, that voted to impeach president clinton for his sexual peccadillo, now wants to be forgiven, on the redemption tour, wants the district to elect him, as a redemption measure to show he is in god's good grace again. >> and dick, how lucky is the state and the democratic party to have a member of the colbert family, the renowned colbert family of south carolina running for this seat? >> well, look, elizabeth or lulu, as her friends call her is an extraordinary candidate. you will see tomorrow night, she is bright, articulate. raising money. and she does you know, she does have the ability to raise some money because her brother has been helping her a little bit. but also she lived her entire life in the district, with six brothers and sisters. as you know her father and two brothers were killed in a tragic plane crash two years ago. she is beloved in the district, and i think they will love her as they get to know her in the rest of >>> good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. so-called experts call simpson/bowles a serious plan. tonight i'
a guy, by the way, that voted to impeach president clinton for his sexual peccadillo, now wants to be forgiven, on the redemption tour, wants the district to elect him, as a redemption measure to show he is in god's good grace again. >> and dick, how lucky is the state and the democratic party to have a member of the colbert family, the renowned colbert family of south carolina running for this seat? >> well, look, elizabeth or lulu, as her friends call her is an extraordinary...
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props there, but if we look at the hypothetical chances of him in 2016, he's neck and neck with hillary clinton, edging out her with independents, which is huge, but then the man who called him a rhino for embracing president obama, and with that label on him, can he unite republicans behind him? >> i think that's going to be one of the arguments that he's going to make coming out of these polls. incidentally, yesterday, i had a conversation with him about polls, not this one, but he was talking about polls go up and down and he expects it to go up and down, but he's going to use it to show he can bring people to the. he can get votes from republicans, as well as independents and democrats. >> a recent op-ed makes the case for christie. rubio had been called the republican savior. >> right. >> meanwhile, though, we have a new poll giving rubio a 26% favorability rating after his state of the union response, the watergate, and a recent "usa today" op-ed makes this case, again, putting christie over rubio. do you think that these are going to be the two men that we watch? >> well, the media certa
props there, but if we look at the hypothetical chances of him in 2016, he's neck and neck with hillary clinton, edging out her with independents, which is huge, but then the man who called him a rhino for embracing president obama, and with that label on him, can he unite republicans behind him? >> i think that's going to be one of the arguments that he's going to make coming out of these polls. incidentally, yesterday, i had a conversation with him about polls, not this one, but he was...
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hillary clinton, now the former secretary of state, she signed up with a walker agency, and we're taking a look at her speaking fees. here is a quick rundown. she is likely to make in excess of $200,000 per speaking agent through the head -- through the harry walker agency. her salary for secretary of state was $186,000 record -- $186,000. the salary of president obama, the same since 2001, four hundred thousand dollars. you can read more by logging onto washingtonexaminer.com. nikki, from alabama. will sequestration matter? caller: how can the republicans say that sequestration is such a big concern to them, and they have taken it, and they have gone nuts tied up in all of these wars, and then they come back and they use this lie about how they are angaged? -- engaged? we do not need this. i'm just wondering, what is it that there really want? host:, for the call. inside the washington times -- thank you for the call. inside the washington times -- we could see a vote on that early next week, which means he could be sworn in by the latter half of next week. leon panetta, returning from
hillary clinton, now the former secretary of state, she signed up with a walker agency, and we're taking a look at her speaking fees. here is a quick rundown. she is likely to make in excess of $200,000 per speaking agent through the head -- through the harry walker agency. her salary for secretary of state was $186,000 record -- $186,000. the salary of president obama, the same since 2001, four hundred thousand dollars. you can read more by logging onto washingtonexaminer.com. nikki, from...
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." >>> according to an exclusive report from politico, hillary clinton signed with the harry walker agency. insiders expect her to make her the highest paid on the circuit. >>> former south carolina governor has hey flew political ad in his bid for the congress. here's a small piece of that spot where he touches on the extramarital affair that got him ousted from office. >> i have experienced -- in their wake we can learn a lot about grace, a god of second chances, and be the better for it. >> who says it doesn't pay to be thirsty? marco rubio's reclaim america package has claimed $100 million from the get your marco water bottle. it's all a promotion. if that doesn't kwerchl your craving, this skipt from "snl" might do the trick. just take a look. >> there it is. oh, my god. ah! that was so good. life-giving water. >> do you feel better now? >> i just want to put that back. that's good. i do not want it to be a distraction. so much better. >> go ahead and finish your speech. >> all right. thank you, seth. my parents emigrated here in pursuit -- now i have to pee. >> water drinking does ha
." >>> according to an exclusive report from politico, hillary clinton signed with the harry walker agency. insiders expect her to make her the highest paid on the circuit. >>> former south carolina governor has hey flew political ad in his bid for the congress. here's a small piece of that spot where he touches on the extramarital affair that got him ousted from office. >> i have experienced -- in their wake we can learn a lot about grace, a god of second chances,...
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michele bachmann accused hillary clinton's chief of staff of having ties to the muslim brotherhood. her source? an uncorroborated report from a right wing talker frank gaffney. congressman darrell issa got in the act. he orchestrated an entire circus over the fast and furious gun running operation, all based on the rambling of one paranoid blogger, congressman dana rohrabacher alleged the government was able to monitor the benghazi attack in realtime based on a made-up hunch from right wing blogger jennifer rubin. so time and time again, we are seeing elected officials peddle rumors and hearsay to further their agenda. they're blocking nominations. they're ruining people's reputations, they're holding hearings, and they are smearing people any possible way they can. no $10,000 price can repair the damage the republican party has inflicted upon itself. let's bring in john nichols, washington correspondent of the nation magazine. john, good to have you with us tonight. there are no boundaries when it comes to making stuff up with the republicans. where is the republican party right no
michele bachmann accused hillary clinton's chief of staff of having ties to the muslim brotherhood. her source? an uncorroborated report from a right wing talker frank gaffney. congressman darrell issa got in the act. he orchestrated an entire circus over the fast and furious gun running operation, all based on the rambling of one paranoid blogger, congressman dana rohrabacher alleged the government was able to monitor the benghazi attack in realtime based on a made-up hunch from right wing...
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i have been a republican since i can remember, and one thing that stuck out to me about bill clinton was his willingness to compromise. i did not much like the guy, but he was a good compromise and. he knew -- compromiser. he knew how to reach across the aisle and the country benefited for it. now you have a guy that has no willingness to compromise. he is so far to the left and nobody will get past him. host: let's get a response from megan hughes. guest: kelly, your appreciation for what president clinton did, moving to the middle and brokering deals, it is certainly a valid point. in terms of whether or not president obama is a compromiser, one good group to ask would be some of the democrats because i think they would contend that when it comes to entitlement reforms and things he has put on the table that those would qualify as compromises, being open to potential means testing or peeling back medicare benefits for higher income earners. the idea of change to cpi, looking at that with social security reform -- there are definitely some things that have riled up fellow democrats.
i have been a republican since i can remember, and one thing that stuck out to me about bill clinton was his willingness to compromise. i did not much like the guy, but he was a good compromise and. he knew -- compromiser. he knew how to reach across the aisle and the country benefited for it. now you have a guy that has no willingness to compromise. he is so far to the left and nobody will get past him. host: let's get a response from megan hughes. guest: kelly, your appreciation for what...
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i have been a republican since i can remember, and one thing that stuck out to me about bill clinton was his willingness to compromise. i did not much like the guy, but he was a good compromise and. he knew -- compromiser. he knew how to reach across the aisle and the country benefited for it. now you have a guy that has no willingness to compromise. he is so far to the left and nobody will get past him. host: let's get a response from megan hughes. guest: kelly, your appreciation for what president clinton did, moving to the middle and brokering deals, it is certainly a valid point. in terms of whether or not president obama is a compromiser, one good group to ask would be some of the democrats because i think they would contend that when it comes to entitlement reforms and things he has put on the table that those would qualify as compromises, being open to potential means testing or peeling back medicare benefits for higher income earners. the idea of change to cpi, looking at that with social security reform -- there are definitely some things that have riled up fellow democrats.
i have been a republican since i can remember, and one thing that stuck out to me about bill clinton was his willingness to compromise. i did not much like the guy, but he was a good compromise and. he knew -- compromiser. he knew how to reach across the aisle and the country benefited for it. now you have a guy that has no willingness to compromise. he is so far to the left and nobody will get past him. host: let's get a response from megan hughes. guest: kelly, your appreciation for what...
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when he was playing with bill clinton or john boehner, it's political. it's his prerogative who he plays golf with. it's his prerogative whether he allows shots or not. also the white house press corp. has a right to press. what i would like to see a picture of is the permission slip that michelle obama signed to let president obama go play and go spend a guys' weekend with tiger woods. that's what i'm more interested in. >> >> exactly. she thook the girls skiing. president obama is on his own. >> yeah. >> go ahead. >> i was just thinking what anna just said. just thinking that. i would have loved to hear the conversation between the first lady, michelle obama, and the president. i'm sorry -- you're going golfing with who? but come on! he's the greatest golfer ever. he also had sex with any woman he met, barack. so that must have been interesting. the white house clearly doesn't want a photo, which we know would be worth 1,000 words. as you said, the best family man and the worth family man. and we should have ak setsds. and ed henry and the white house
when he was playing with bill clinton or john boehner, it's political. it's his prerogative who he plays golf with. it's his prerogative whether he allows shots or not. also the white house press corp. has a right to press. what i would like to see a picture of is the permission slip that michelle obama signed to let president obama go play and go spend a guys' weekend with tiger woods. that's what i'm more interested in. >> >> exactly. she thook the girls skiing. president obama is...
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a guy, by the way, that voted to impeach president clinton for his sexual peccadillo, now wants to be forgiven, on the redemption tour, wants the district to elect him, as a redemption measure to show he is in god's good grace again. >> and dick, how lucky is the state and the democratic party to have a member of the colbert family, the renowned colbert family of south carolina running for this seat? >> well, look, elizabeth or lulu, as her friends call her is an extraordinary candidate. you will see tomorrow night, she is bright, articulate. raising money. and she does you know, she does have the ability to raise some money because her brother has been helping her a little bit. but also she lived her entire life in the district, with six brothers and sisters. as you know her father and two brothers were killed in a tragic plane crash two years ago. she is beloved in the district, and i think they will love her as they get to know her in the rest of the district, too. >> thank you, dick. >> thank you. elizabeth colbert busch will be my guest for a last word exclusive. her first nation
a guy, by the way, that voted to impeach president clinton for his sexual peccadillo, now wants to be forgiven, on the redemption tour, wants the district to elect him, as a redemption measure to show he is in god's good grace again. >> and dick, how lucky is the state and the democratic party to have a member of the colbert family, the renowned colbert family of south carolina running for this seat? >> well, look, elizabeth or lulu, as her friends call her is an extraordinary...
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if bill clinton were president, would we have had a grand bargain? we need a grand bargain and both parties need to move out of their comfort zones. >> let's talk about those two sides. we will start with what you are asking democrats to do -- and needs to be $600 billion in deficit reduction from health savings. the last offer from the white house was $400 billion. you say they need to do quite a bit more. >> they do need to do quite a bit more if we are going to slow the rate of the growth of health care. >> how do you convince them? they will argue that they have been aggressive. how will you convince them that that will not get the job done? >> we have to convince americans they need to do more on health care than they have been willing to do to date, and republicans have to do more on revenue than they have already done. >> specifically, you say there needs to be more revenue from tax reform, whereas republicans have talked about that being revenue neutral. >> that will not get the job done. if we do not do something on the revenue side it puts
if bill clinton were president, would we have had a grand bargain? we need a grand bargain and both parties need to move out of their comfort zones. >> let's talk about those two sides. we will start with what you are asking democrats to do -- and needs to be $600 billion in deficit reduction from health savings. the last offer from the white house was $400 billion. you say they need to do quite a bit more. >> they do need to do quite a bit more if we are going to slow the rate of...
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of course, bill clinton was elected president three years later by these same democrats. but they got, because they were so harshly partisan, they got dick cheney instead. >> well, but -- >> and history was forever changed. >> don't you think this is bad timing for the republicans? >> yes. i think it's terrible. >> it adds to this narrative that they're difficult? don't you need to pick your battles at some point? just stop. >> and that's my point. republicans should defer to the president. >> and look respectful. >> chuck hagel is a bad secretary of defense, if he what many people are predicting, the republican version of les aspen. >> given the nature of politics, the way it's going to go is 80 years from now when the republicans finally win the presidency, they are going to -- the democrats are going to extract revenge for the way the republicans behaved to a chuck hagel. >> that's what i don't understand, ed rendell. these parties act as if the status quo is always going to exist. these republicans -- and again, i'm not going to mention the guy's name anymore because
of course, bill clinton was elected president three years later by these same democrats. but they got, because they were so harshly partisan, they got dick cheney instead. >> well, but -- >> and history was forever changed. >> don't you think this is bad timing for the republicans? >> yes. i think it's terrible. >> it adds to this narrative that they're difficult? don't you need to pick your battles at some point? just stop. >> and that's my point....
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bush got the same portion of voters after this massi massive amnesty program. 1996, bill clinton legalized 1.3 million people, just -- two months before election day, so they could all vote. it's that sort of activity that, again, forgive me, makes me cynical about the process. >> interesting. all right. congressman michael burgess joining us from the state of texas. republican. thank you for your time. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> raised interesting point about this leaked or not leaked. collaboration question we've been discussing. >> look, to your point, we want to hear more from the president and what his positions are. and, of course, this wasn't a -- an accidental leak it doesn't happen in washington, they are called trial balloons, wanted to see the response they would get. we should be welcoming all of the president, the house, the senate to engage in a robust debate about securing our borders and about immigration. >> talk more about this as the morning continues. >>> a coach sinks out an incredible half court shot. wheel explain what happened. and then quvenzhane wallis. learn
bush got the same portion of voters after this massi massive amnesty program. 1996, bill clinton legalized 1.3 million people, just -- two months before election day, so they could all vote. it's that sort of activity that, again, forgive me, makes me cynical about the process. >> interesting. all right. congressman michael burgess joining us from the state of texas. republican. thank you for your time. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> raised interesting point about this leaked...